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Carbon Steel Forgings For Piping Applications
Carbon Steel Forgings For Piping Applications
Carbon Steel Forgings For Piping Applications
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For referenced ASTM standards, visit the ASTM website, www.astm.org, or
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This specification is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee A01 on Steel, contact ASTM Customer Service at service@astm.org. For Annual Book of ASTM
Stainless Steel and Related Alloys and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee Standards volume information, refer to the standard’s Document Summary page on
A01.22 on Steel Forgings and Wrought Fittings for Piping Applications and Bolting the ASTM website.
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Materials for Piping and Special Purpose Applications. Available from Manufacturers Standardization Society of the Valve and Fittings
Current edition approved July 1, 2011. Published August 2011. Originally Industry (MSS), 127 Park St., NE, Vienna, VA 22180-4602, http://www.mss-
approved in 1926. Last previous edition approved in 2010 as A105/A105M–10a. hq.com.
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DOI: 10.1520/A0105_A0105M-11. Available from American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), ASME
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For ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code applications see related Specifi- International Headquarters, Three Park Ave., New York, NY 10016-5990, http://
cation SA-105 in Section II of that Code. www.asme.org.
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TABLE 3 Computed Minimum Values 7.4.3 Testing shall be as specified in Specification A961/
Wall Thickness Elongation in 2 in. or 50 A961M. The purchaser may verify that the requirement has
in. mm mm, min, % been met by testing at any location on the forging, provided
⁄
5 16 (0.312) 7.9 30.00 such testing does not render the forging useless.
9⁄32 (0.281) 7.1 28.50
1⁄ 4 (0.250) 6.4 27.00 8. Hydrostatic Tests
7⁄32 (0.219) 5.6 25.50
3⁄16 (0.188) 4.8 24.00 8.1 Such tests shall be conducted by the forging manufac-
5⁄32
1⁄ 8
(0.156) 4.0 22.50 turer only when Supplementary Requirement S57 in Specifi-
(0.125) 3.2 21.00
3⁄32 (0.094) 2.4 19.50
cation A961/A961M is specified.
1⁄16 (0.062) 1.6 18.00
9. Retreatment
Note—The above table gives the computed minimum elongation values for
each 1⁄32-in. [0.8-mm] decrease in wall thickness. Where the wall thickness lies 9.1 If the results of the mechanical tests do not conform to
between two values shown above, the minimum elongation value is determined by
the following equation:
the requirement specified, the manufacturer may heat treat or
reheat treat the forgings as applicable and repeat the test
E 5 48T 1 15.00
specified in Section 7.
where:
E = elongation in 2 in. or 50 mm, %, and 10. Repair by Welding
T = actual thickness of specimen, in. [mm]. 10.1 Repair of defects by the manufacturer is permissible
for forgings made to dimensional standards such as those of
ASME or for other parts made for stock by the manufacturer.
instead of one test from each heat in each heat-treatment Prior approval of the purchaser is required to repair-weld
charge. The test specimen material shall be included with a special forgings made to the purchaser’s requirements.
furnace charge. 10.2 Weld repairs shall be made by a process that does not
7.3.3 Testing shall be performed as specified in Specifica- produce undesirably high levels of hydrogen in the welded
tion A961/A961M. The largest feasible round specimen shall areas.
be used except when hollow cylindrically shaped parts are 10.3 All forgings repaired by welding shall be post-weld
machined from seamless tubulars. When hollow cylindrically heat treated between 1100 °F [593 °C] and the lower transfor-
shaped parts are machined from seamless tubular materials, mation temperature for a minimum of 1⁄2 h/in. [1⁄2 h/25.4 mm]
strip tests may be used. of maximum section thickness, or alternatively annealed,
7.3.4 Forgings too small to permit obtaining a subsize normalized and tempered, or quenched and tempered. If the
specimen of 0.250 in. [6.35 mm] diameter or larger parallel to forging was not previously heat treated, the original tempering
the dimension of maximum working, and produced in equip- temperature was exceeded, or the forging was fully heat treated
ment unsuitable for the production of a separately forged test in the post weld cycle, then the forging shall be tested in
bar such as an automatic or semi-automatic press, may be accordance with Section 7 on completion of the cycle.
accepted on the basis of hardness only. One percent of the 10.4 The mechanical properties of the procedure-
forgings per lot (see Note 2), or ten forgings, whichever is the qualification weldment shall, when tested in accordance with
lesser number, shall be selected at random, prepared, and tested Section IX of the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code,
using the standard Brinell test. The locations of the indenta- conform with the requirements listed in Table 2 for the thermal
tions shall be at the option of the manufacturer but shall be condition of repair-welded forgings.
selected to be representative of the forging as a whole. One
indentation per forging shall be required but additional inden- 11. Rejection and Rehearing
tations may be made to establish the representative hardness. 11.1 Each forging that develops injurious defects during
The hardness of all forgings so tested shall be 137 to 187 HBW shop working or application shall be rejected and the manu-
inclusive. facturer notified.
NOTE 2—A lot is defined as the product from a mill heat or if heat
treated, the product of a mill heat per furnace charge. 12. Certification
7.4 Hardness Tests: 12.1 Identification Marking—For forgings made to speci-
7.4.1 Two hardness tests shall be made for each heat of fied dimensions, when agreed upon by the purchaser, and for
as-forged components. When more than one forging is pro- forgings made to dimensional standards, application of identi-
duced from each heat, a minimum of two forgings shall be fication marks as required in Specification A961/A961M shall
tested with one reading from each forging. When only one be the certification that the forgings have been furnished in
forging is produced, it shall be tested in two locations. accordance with the requirements of this specification. The
7.4.2 Except when only one forging is produced, a mini- specification designation included on test reports shall include
mum of two forgings shall be hardness tested per batch or year date and revision letter, if any.
continuous run as defined in 7.3.2.1 to ensure that forgings are 12.2 Test Reports—When test reports are required, the
within the hardness limits given in Table 2. When only one manufacturer shall also provide the following, where appli-
forging is produced, it shall be hardness tested in two locations cable:
to ensure it is within the hardness limits given in Table 2. 12.2.1 Type heat treatment, Section 5,
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12.2.2 Tensile property results, Section 7 (Table 2), report this specification number, and such other markings as neces-
the yield strength and ultimate strength, in ksi [MPa], elonga- sary to identify the part with the test report (13.1 and 13.2 shall
tion and reduction in area, in percent; and, if longitudinal strip apply). The specification number marked on the forgings need
tension specimens are used, report the width of the gage length, not include specification year date and revision letter.
12.2.3 Chemical analysis results, Section 6 (Table 1). Re- 13.4 Bar Coding—In addition to the requirements in
ported results shall be to the same number of significant figures Specification A961/A961M and 13.3, bar coding is acceptable
as the limits specified in Table 1 for that element. as a supplemental identification method. The purchaser may
12.2.4 Hardness results, Section 7 (Table 2), a minimum of specify in the order a specific bar coding system to be used.
two readings, and The bar coding system, if applied at the discretion of the
12.2.5 Any supplementary testing required by the purchase supplier, should be consistent with one of the published
order. industry standards for bar coding. If used on small parts, the
13. Product Marking bar code may be applied to the box or a substantially applied
tag.
13.1 If the forgings have been quenched and tempered, the
letters “QT” shall be stamped on the forgings following this
14. Keywords
specification number.
13.2 Forgings repaired by welding shall be marked with the 14.1 pipe fittings, steel; piping applications; pressure con-
letter “W” following this specification number. taining parts; steel flanges; steel forgings, carbon; steel valves;
13.3 When test reports are required for larger products, the temperature service applications, elevated; temperature service
markings shall consist of the manufacturer’s symbol or name, applications, high
SUPPLEMENTARY REQUIREMENTS
The following supplementary requirements shall apply only when specified by the purchaser in the
inquiry, contract, and order.
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SUMMARY OF CHANGES
Committee A01 has identified the location of selected changes to this specification since the last issue,
A105/A105M–10a, that may impact the use of this specification. (Approved July 1, 2011)
Committee A01 has identified the location of selected changes to this specification since the last issue,
A105/A105M–10, that may impact the use of this specification. (Approved December 1, 2010)
Committee A01 has identified the location of selected changes to this specification since the last issue,
A105/A105M–09, that may impact the use of this specification. (Approved May 1, 2010)
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